Are human faces and voices ornaments signaling common underlying cues to mate value?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Feinberg, David R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 44449083441     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20166     Document Type: Article

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